Palestine,
is located in southeastern Illinois about
- 5 hours south of Chicago
- 2 hours west of Indianapolis
- 3 hours northwest of Louisville
- 4 hours north of Nashville
- 2 1/2 hours east of St.Louis

Chartered in
1811, Palestine is one of the oldest towns in Illinois and celebrated
its Bicentennial in 2011.

The village’s Main
Street business district is listed on the National Register of Historic
Places and many of the storefronts date back to the early 1900s.

The Palestine Preservation
Projects Society, a non-profit organization is working to restore
the Fife
Opera House. Restoration of the hand-painted scenery flats and
curtain, as well as the renovation of the second floor theater are
underway.

Recently,
a group of reenactors constructed a replica of Fort
LaMotte near
the original fort site. It lso located near the Pioneer
City Arena and is home to the Fort LaMotte Rangers.